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Mr Green's son Dylan, 5, and wife Gill are looking forward to him going home

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Twin power cords emerge from Mr Green's left sideSean Dempsey/PA

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He has been fitted with a total artificial heart, made by SynCardiaGetty

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Papworth Hospital, where Matthew Green had his surgeryChris Radburn/PA

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Steven Tsui, consultant heart surgeonSky News

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The Total Artificial Heart replaces the failing ventriclesSynCardia Systems, Inc

Sam ListerHealth Editor

Published at 12:01AM, August 3 2011

A patient suffering from a life-threatening heart condition has become the
first person in Britain to receive a complete artificial heart that allows
users to leave hospital and go home.

Matthew Green, 40, a research scientist from Essex, was preparing to leave
hospital yesterday after groundbreaking surgery on his severely damaged
heart.

Mr Green was critically ill after suffering failure of both chambers of his
heart, prompting doctors at Papworth Hospital, near Cambridge, to decide on
the operation rather than risk waiting for a suitable donor.

Similar mechanical hearts have been implanted before at Papworth, which is the
only centre